With President Bush set to leave the White House less than two weeks from now, here’s a “Then and Now” to show what the United States looked like when Bush was entering office and what it looks like now as he’s leaving. The “Then” is the best-available figure as Bush was taking office in 2001. The “Now” is the most recent figure.

"Just days after giving birth, French justice minister is back at work – and more glamorous than ever"…http://tinyurl.com/86mqyh

"Aznar has taken the bizarre step of publicly denying the rumours, while Sarkozy's office has refused to comment."…http://tinyurl.com/5amv4m

"The latest revelations came as Mr Sarkozy's ex-wife Cecilia yesterday failed to ban a book in which she described the French president as a "stingy philanderer" who was unfit for office."…http://tinyurl.com/63rh9x

"Below are charts showing the declining value of the two longest running currencies – the British pound sterling and the United States dollar, considered to be the most successful paper currencies of all time"…http://tinyurl.com/93p7me

Of the figures that you have posted, most are just opinion based – they can go up and down in just one month.

Of the proper statistical ones that you posted, none are actually that relevant!

Unemployment is just a guide to the efficiency of business. The more robots, the less cost, the more unemployment.

The Dow figure is also not really connected to real life. During recessions, when unemployment can go up, the Dow can also rise, as the companies are obviously becoming more profitable with less staff to pay – so why is it relevant?

The health insurance figure is one that many people with a lowest common denominator health service like the NHS don't understand. If youa re very rich, you don't need health insurance. If you are healthy, you don't need medical insurance. You don't need health insurance as the Hippocratic oath is going to make sure accidents don't kill you – and Medicare also helps! So why is the figures for the number of people on health insurance important for the status of a president?

Finally, the national budget has grown because the state has grown. There are now countless people on the government payroll – isn't that what socialists want? Thought you would be happy!

bush inherited a destabilizing failed policy of sanctions against iraq that created the animus in the islamic world that led to 9/11.

katrina further undermined US prosperity, note that over 25,000 people were rescued by the Federal government in the aftermath of Katrina — yet the hardwired Left is silent to this unprecedented humanitarian victory

nonetheless, bush led the US to over 50 months of job growth despite these unprecedented problems that he didnt create.

zero terror attacks on US soil

Freedom for over 50 million in Central Asia

al qaeda marginalized and on the run

all of our pre-iraq war alliances are still intact despite the ramblings of the Left that the war would divide the West

Furthermore, the progressive community investment act forced financial institutions to give bad loans to unqualified minorities and the poor that was one of the primary causal factors that has led to the current credit crunch.

while acknowledging that the republicans and bush are responsible for expanding the size and scope of government — and botching the peace in Iraq until last year.

your account is a waste of bandwidth and not worthy of my time.

thats is why your website will never achieve more than a few random hits — note that I will no longer visit since I am interested in the truth — not hardwired, irrational subjectivity unsupported by fact and logic.